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Blood and Tears (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 6 Fresh: 3  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 5.4/10

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Runtime: 74 mins

Synopsis: Like an open wound that will not heal the Arab-Israeli conflict refuses to be resolved. Acclaimed documentary producer and director, Isidore Rosmarin, and co-producer, Jeff Helmreich, have made BLOOD AND TEARS - the definitive film on this seemingly irresolvable conflict. Rosmarin... Like an open wound that will not heal the Arab-Israeli conflict refuses to be resolved. Acclaimed documentary producer and director, Isidore Rosmarin, and co-producer, Jeff Helmreich, have made BLOOD AND TEARS - the definitive film on this seemingly irresolvable conflict. Rosmarin uncovers the truth beneath the hype and the headlines. Rosmarin and his team of Middle East experts have gone right to the source: the ministers and mullahs, the fanatics and peaceniks, the soldiers and terrorists, and the ordinary families battling extraordinary forces as they try to live a normal life. They have interviewed top officials from both sides, from former Israeli Prime Ministers to senior Palestinian officials to the leaders of the militant extremist group Hamas, Sheikh Bitawi and the late Dr. Abdel aziz Rantisi. They have also interviewed renowned Mideast scholars Bernard Lewis & Fouad Ajami and the foremost Palestinian scholar, Rashid Khalidi. BLOOD AND TEARS explores the origin of the confrontation itself, and challenges many of the deep-rooted myths we all hold about this epicenter of human conflict. --© THINKFilm [More]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Director: Isidore Rosmarin

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 8, 2009

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Full Frame

Audio:

  • Dolby Stereo 2.0

Additional Release Material:

  • Bonus Interview
  • Trailer

Text/Photo Gallery:

  • Trailer Gallery

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2.5/4

Though refreshingly reluctant to take sides regarding geography of the matter, the film has a subtle slant toward peace.

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09/05/07
Ross Anthony
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65/100

As the film progresses, it becomes increasingly bold in taking sides, while all the time pretending to be unbiased.

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08/31/07
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide
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Nothing more than a collection of sound bytes, most of them biased, many of them inflammatory, by a variety of speakers. It is hard to know what good this does.

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08/27/07
Eric Monder
Film Journal International
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Unless you’ve thrown up your hands and butted out of all news of the Middle East debacle, nothing in this methodical, unimaginative documentary about the Arab-Israeli conflict will surprise, edify or, God forbid, outrage you.

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08/23/07
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly
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3.5/5

'A small house can accommodate hundreds of friends, but can't accommodate two enemies,' the doctor says ruefully, quoting an Arab proverb. Sadly, Blood and Tears is the proof.

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06/15/07
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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A well-balanced primer on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Blood and Tears takes just over an hour to go from the roots of Zionism to the recent electoral victory of Hamas.

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06/13/07
Charles Petersen
Village Voice
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